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Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Water Pot
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Water Pot

Artist/Maker (Mozambique)
Datenot dated
Mediumpottery
DimensionsOverall: 16 x 18 1/2 in. (40.6 x 47 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of an Anonymous Donor
Terms
    Object number2007.21.2
    DescriptionThis was built of coils, dried, painted with a mica-rich wash to give it a speckled grey look, then burnished and incised. Kaolin (white clay) was rubbed into the incisions. The same word, nkova, is used for linear patterns on pottery and for tattooing. Such pots are treasured possessions used for a lifetime and eventually placed over a woman’s grave.
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    Collections
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Chorrera
    1100-300 BCE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Makonde people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Olmec
    ca. 1500-400 BCE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Makonde people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Makonde people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Makonde people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Makonde people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Nigeria, Yoruba people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Iatmul people
    probably 1st half of the 20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    19th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Olmec
    ca. 1500-400 BCE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Dan people
    20th century